She didn’t lean into him, but she didn’t kick him off, either.
Irrational anger surged through me, and I had to physically stop myself from yelling at Hux for doing what I should be doing.
I looked down at my son again to make sure he was asleep, then walked across the room.
Hux dropped his arm, gave me a knowing grin, and left.
I threw my arm around Sage, and she sighed and leaned into me. “I’m so sorry, Gentry.”
I didn’t say anything.
“I’ve got that handled,” Apollo said. “For now. They’re in jail for the night. Tomorrow when they’re arraigned, I’ll handle their cell phones. I’ve already hacked into them and know everything that they’ve said or done since they got the new phones. I have passwords and shared text messages. Everything. I just need time to go through them.”
“And a way to use this information that’ll mean we can use it in court,” Black ordered Apollo.
He saluted him. “I’m staying at my brother-in-law’s place tonight. Romeo, Mable, and I are going to go through everything. See what we can find. I’ll have something to you hopefully by mid-morning.”
“Can I help with that?” Sage asked.
Apollo looked at her. “Sure.”
She pulled away from me, leaving me feeling like an asshole.
“You have to be at work tomorrow,” I pointed out.
“I do, but I won’t be able to sleep anyway.” She looked at me. “Can I borrow your truck?”
“I’ll take you,” Apollo said. “Then drop you off at work in the morning.”
“Okay,” she said. “I’ll go get my things.”
She left out the back door heading to her trailer.
She’d yet to change out of her scrubs from work, and I hated that I hadn’t noticed before now.
I knew that she hated the feeling of dirty scrubs.
“Both women will be out on bail tomorrow,” Black said, confirming what I already knew. “I’ll have to let them know that their son is now a ward of the state until the investigation is finished.” He looked at me. “As of right now, you’re the newest foster care parent of Jesper County.”
I nodded.
“We’re going to try to keep you out of this as much as we can,” he said. “We don’t want you in anything that has to do with them. All you’re going to be doing is giving that kid a place to stay. You’re not on the investigation. You’re not anywhere in anything that has to do with them, got it?”
I nodded.
“What about school?” Sage asked as she came back in the back door with a bag of clothes.
“I already contacted the school district,” Apollo said helpfully. “Shared that he would be moving to Jesper County School District. They sent his transcripts over an hour ago. Forwarded that to your email, Gentry. You can enroll him tomorrow. Or when you think he’s ready.”
I nodded once.
That would be tomorrow’s problem.
Tonight…
“At some point,” Black said carefully. “We’re going to have to talk to Dean. He’s old enough that he can share what’s happened to him.”
That made my gut clench.
